Melanie from A Sewing Journal is back with this month’s really beautiful snapshot of recent sewing trends. You’ll want to stitch up a new dress and add a zig or zag to your next project after you take a look at Melanie’s finds. You can learn more about Melanie on her blog, A Sewing Journal, via Twitter and on Facebook.

Join me as I look at some of the wonderful sewing projects I’ve found from around the handmade community. I love to peruse Flickr, Pinterest and blogs to see what you are making!

Last month I noted in my column the emergence of orange in many fabric collections. This month I’m noticing a direction orange is taking, that of being paired with blue, as evidenced by these vastly different (in design) fabrics that use an orange and blue palette. Clockwise from top left: Paisley Amber from Heirloom by Joel Dewberry, Garden Blue from I Heart by Rashida Coleman Hale, House and Garden Edo from Misaki by Melissa White, Heron from Across The Pond by Michelle Engel Bencsko, Wildflower Field Blue from Far Far Away III by Heather Ross, Candy Blue from Happy Mochi Yum Yum by Monica Solorio-Snow.

I love Melanie’s posts so much! And that I’m mentionedâ€¦ that’s gravy on top of a mashed potato sundae! So I’m sitting here, readingâ€¦ then learningâ€¦ then discovering – because I sit here reading, in my jammies, that I made, that I put a Peter Pan collar on toâ€¦ that holy schmokesâ€¦ I’m actually IN FASHION for once! Felling like queen for a day. Until I shower and get dressed, that is.

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